'Cease and desist! Stand fast and release your prisoner!' Peter, a new boy at Park Ridge school, is thankful to be rescued from the school bullies by Anton the Swashbuckler. Even if Anton does speak in such a weird way and wears outlandish garments. After this Peter and Anton become firm friends, and discover that they each have family problems. Together they turn those problems into challenges to be tackled in true Swashbuckler style.